21.01.2014 - Survival mechanisms1 and spiritual Life etc. by dali48
20.05.2001 - Interpretation of dali48
If we are not careful, it can easily happen that we repeat the great fault of our modern society: - ambition, materialism, and isolation - in our spiritual life again... (J. Kornfield)
Does this path have a heart? - If so, then it is a good way - If not, it is useless...
The rain has stopped / the clouds have cleared away / and it is clear again / your heart is pure / then all things are pure in your world...
Then you will be guided (see accompanied by the Sun and Wind and birds etc. – d.48) by the moon and the flowers on your way... (Ryokan, Zen poet)
Keep in mind - how all the joys and sorrows, pleasant events and unpleasant events, people, peoples, and even cultures, come and go...
Life exists only in the present. - Life is only possible at the present moment, because the past is gone, - and the future is not yet...
When we are in line with what we can do just now, - body and spirit live in harmony. - We can smile, make peace with ourselves and our environment...
Because happiness does not wait at the end of the trip, but is in every little step on the street of daily life, - unaware of us, and supports us there. Every second of life becomes a gift... (T.N.H.)
Careful speech can bring true happiness, - and careless talk can kill. - Are we aware of how often we judge and condemn every day, order and violate, and let off steam by our lust for power. - As long as our ancestors suffer in us, we cannot be truly happy...
Children are especially able to practice mindfulness, - and to remind others of it...
When we practice mindfulness, - we will know how we can invade deep into the nature of war and rouse others with our insight...
All we will say, think or do with mindfulness - is described as "something that has the taste of Zen" in itself...
There is no enlightenment - outside of daily life...
Gustav Jung described alcoholism - as a spiritual thirst for wholeness, a desire for understanding, personal fulfillment and spiritual unity. That all of us innate thirst, caused by deep wounds from our past and the desire to escape the pain - may lead to the addiction of various mood-substances (see e.g. cigarettes, alcohol, pills, etc. - d.48), and behavior (see withdrawal from the outside & migration to the inside etc. - d.48)...
The root of all human suffering is caused by being addicted or desire according to Buddhist philosophy, and the path to liberation lies in a daily exercise - which is including an element of letting go and to surrender...
I describe our survival mechanisms - in a non-supportive or hostile world, our need to escape the pain of life... (C. Grof)
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